ADVISORY/Linda Taylor, Minnesota Deputy Commissioner for Energy, to Speak At Aug. 23 Meeting in Alexandria.

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ADVISORY...for Friday (Aug. 23)

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    Who: Linda Taylor, deputy commissioner for energy at the Minnesota
        Department of Commerce (DOC), will discuss the state's
        Universal Energy Services Report.

    When: August 23, 10:15 p.m.

    Where: Great River Energy Demand-Side Management/Member Services
        meeting at the Radisson Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria, Minn.

    Why: Taylor has been instrumental in many of the department's
        energy policy changes including the recently released
        Universal Energy Services Report, which addresses the right of
        all Minnesota energy consumers to have access to reliable,
        sufficient and affordable energy services. The timing of
        Taylor's presentation is perfect, because Great River Energy's
        member cooperatives are currently developing energy
        conservation programs specifically designed for low-income
        members. State energy policy law also requires electric
        cooperatives to increase their energy conservation and load
        management spending from 1.5 percent of the generation and
        transmission cooperative's revenue to 1.5 percent of
        distribution cooperatives' revenue.

        Great River Energy, Elk River, is the second largest electric
        utility in Minnesota. As a generation and transmission
        cooperative, the organization provides electric energy and
        related services to 29 distribution cooperatives in Minnesota
        and Wisconsin.